shurn@scs.howard.edu

2300 Sixth St., NW

Washington, DC 20059

TODD E. SHURN, Ph.D

Associate Professor

Systems & Computer Science

Visiting Professor

Integrated Media Systems Center

University of Southern California

3737 Watt Way

Los Angeles, CA 90089

Ph: (213) 821 – 0876

shurn@usc.edu

Education

• Ph.D. Southern Methodist University , 1994, Computer Science and Engineering
• M.S.E. University of Michigan, 1984, Industrial and Operations Engineering
• B.S.E. University of Michigan, 1983, Industrial and Operations Engineering

Research Interests

• Computational optimization.
• Heterogeneous data communication networks.
• Multi-modal immersive technology.
• Web Services & Interoperability.
• Interdisciplinary multi-media applications.
• Engineering & Computer Science entrepreneurship.

Previous Sponsored Research

• HU Patient Retained Encoded Medical Information
• ARL Advanced Telecommunications Research Program (ATIRP)
• AFOSR Fault tolerant Systems for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence. (HUFAST)
• High Speed Network Investigations (Boeing)
• Joint Modeling and Simulation System (US Air Force)
• Howard University Radio WHUR.COM (WHUR-FM)

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

• Howard University Windows Media Player Skins Challenge

Outreach

• Youth 2 Leaders Conference (Tavis Smiley)
• Youth Information Technology Challenge (National Urban League)

Presentations

• DEA with  Mangasarian's  Newton LP Method   (2004  INFORMS)